Ray Bourgeois, Office of General Counsel, Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), was honored at the 37th Annual Disability Awards, receiving a Secretary of Defense award for Outstanding DoD Service Members and Civilian Employees with Disabilities at the Pentagon auditorium, Oct. 5.

The first patient treated aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), was accompanied by Wilma Santiago, who is one of the many Puerto Ricans whose life was shaken up by Hurricane Maria.

USS New York (LPD 21), along with components of Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 8, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 40 and HSM 46 departed Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Oct. 7, to support the Gulf coast region if assistance is requested in the wake of Hurricane Nate.

The Mercy-class Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) held a medical summit onboard with local and federal stakeholders to synchronize efforts for the ship's mission of providing humanitarian assistance throughout the area, Oct. 3.

What happens when the lifelines of an island's lifelines fail? After Hurricane Maria passed over Puerto Rico, leaving behind the bare, broken bones of nature and an island without power, at least 51 hospitals were left running on generators.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) won Best Military Department and three of its federal employees received individual recognition at the 37th Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Disability Awards Ceremony Oct. 5 at the Pentagon.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) won Best Military Department and three of its federal employees received individual recognition at the 37th Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Disability Awards Ceremony Oct. 5 at the Pentagon.

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) got underway Oct. 5 to provide aid from the sea in Puerto Rico after completing a planning phase in San Juan with local and federal stakeholders to synchronize efforts to provide humanitarian assistance.